Asus Z170M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z170M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 29 '20 at 13:39
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 723 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1425) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 145 Parallax 123 109% 134 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 868 856 964 969 971 970 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 982 Write 956 Mixed 593 SusWrite 933 195% 866 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 41.8 208% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,280 DQ Write 941 DQ Mixed 995 775% 1,072 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 230%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 188 190 189 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 437 Write 164 Mixed 217 SusWrite 181 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.7 108% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 29.4 76% 164 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 72%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 118GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 552 621 631 624 635 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,848 Write 631 Mixed 704 SusWrite 608 208% 948 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 52.7 228% 90.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,109 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 410 371% 590 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 213%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 165 166 167 162 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 166 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 163 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 2 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 213%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 197 197 198 199 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 185 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 196 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1 221% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 108%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170M-PLUS - $87

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	384x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	289x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	199x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	120x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	92x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	58x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	30x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $536

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16